Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-18
NCW INDUSTRY FOR wc.EH.
sending DRint ~ Served Mos.- 40 Paul
lie, Who Do Light housekeeping.

ltT> Who DO Light housekeeping.
\ new industry for women is beginning
10 evolve Itself i'm New York. which may
get do much tova.Tl solving the vexed
servant girl question. some three months
ago woman of n good old New York
family, educated and capable, left n widow
without money and having srrved no mp
premiership 10 any Of the Industries 10y
which women earn bread and butter, be-
gan TO think Of putting her pride in her
pocket and turning her notable housekeep-
ing talents 10 account by looking for SER
vice in a family as cook.
Considering the matter further, il &C.
CURED 10 her that she could do no better.
Securing with some little effort, the pro-
jcct being n novel one, clicntage OF half
"A dozen families i'm her immediate neigh
borhOOd that were grooming under dys-
pcpsia. induced 10y eight housekeeping,
she began 10 send out, three times n day,
delicately cooked and daintily served
meals. Her venture was so Immediately
successful that she looked up New Eng.
and hoGsckecper md couple Of stout
armed Swedish girls 10 help her, and her
business sprang, almost in single night.
20 tho utmost dimensions that she could
handle. Families that had tried the friz.
lilies that were starving on meals elnbora-
ted over the nickcriuG gas jet, families
that had eaten table board in the base
meut dining room around the corner,
ftmiiics whose Iockc,bo groaned ut the
expense of the waiter load sent in from
hotel or restaurant, families whose heads
were business women without time for
cooking families tired Of the annoyance
If servants In asmall Hat, were glad to
be supplied with honest home cooking,
varied, palatable, and al a reasonable
price.
she las twcnty-one families on her list
at present, think. To- whom she supplies
Just that wholesome round Of breakfasts,
lunches and dinners that the average
house mother would offer 70 husband and
littlc folks. Fruit in season. in the morn.
ing, oatmeal or wheaton srits, fish, steak
or chops; side dish, such ~ stewcd kid
ncys, sausage, liver aud bacon, eggs. cot.
fee. tea or chocolate. bread and butter.
milk and sugar soup, fish. n roast, three
vegetables, dessert and coffee make up the
dinner. al Of which is sent ont At cost
Of s. a week to n single person, 80 each
for members of families though rs what
j. supplied for two is sufficient for three,
the cost per household is not reckoned in
muliiples Of that sum. IN way the OK.
pertinent IS one Of co operative housekcep-
inc, for, practically, the cost Of everyday
living Is divided among a number Of fami-
lies, purchases for all being made to-
Gcthcr. the labor for NIL systematizcd and
simpliiCd, anil the waste OF all minimized,
the result being that each family saves
nearly the full amount OF lis cook s wages.
and Is freed from the tyranny OF Castle
Garden besides.
Two other women, emulOus ~ the first,
talk II starting similar enterprises. The
scheme is ia It's infancy. hut Whenever
sufficient number ~ families within ra-
dius Of h.1clS or two as near the great
flat ho's.. can he interested in il, it has
piotli-y OF an opening for an ministry FOR
women apl q Keller from diver PerllcXi-
ties lul re families they 49, 'r.--lIliza
putuam l,caton ~ Brooklyn Times.